Home Boston Celtics Saturday, April 05, 2014

Gee, the only starters who were plus were Drummond and Singler. These two played major minutes side by side. I just wonder, was it Drums 20 rebounds and 19 points - or was it Singler's 0-5 shooting, 3 rebounds, no assists? Sorry Singler fans, I will choose that it was Drums.

In crunch time, we saw them score over Singler, and then watched their quite small point guard outfight Singler for a rebound, and then put the rebound in the bucket against him. And sorry Singler fans, that is just how bad a rebounder Singler is. If the bound is not right to him, uncontested, he seldom comes away with it. Pretty much any NBA player will outdo him for a rebound on a fifty fifty situation.

Siva again looked lightyears better than Bynum, getting the ball to where it needed to go without fail, and without any turns. Including his two steals, that 7 turns / steals to zero turns. Pretty darn good for your backup point.

Pope only played a short stint, out of position at small forward, for a quick minus 10. He did not play in the 2nd half.

JJ played great. But instead of his great play helping the team, he plays down the stretch in crunch time over Monroe who had a 20 point plus game going. So Singler could play. Hey, we won this one, so why compain. Just want to point out a lot of Pistons players rocked tonight. Singler did not. I will commend him though for one thing, making all six of his free throws.

Smith has been doing good on outside shooting for several games now. Jennings made several 3's tonight too. Stuckey absolutely rocked, getting ten free throws to go in with all his drives in. A lot of conventional three point plays from him tonight. 26 points.

These last 4 games should be used to give Mitchell an audition for playing time next year. We need to see what we have. Going blind into the offseason, as Dumars has so often done, has meant disaster time and time again. Winning needs to start now, not next season. Because if not now, just when?

You got to look at specifics. When Singler sat, we had JJ out of position at power forward while Pope played small forward. This is utter nonsense. PS, Singler has not done a thing in the game yet to give a reason for him being in the game.

These last 4 games should be used to give Mitchell an audition for playing time next year. We need to see what we have. Going blind into the offseason, as Dumars has so often done, has meant disaster time and time again. Winning needs to start now, not next season. Because if not now, just when?

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The coaches see these guys in practice, shootaround etc almost every day.

I'm ready for the rondo experiment next year. At least he plays defense and sets guys up. Would just have to get rid of jennings, and try to get value for Monroe.

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Tay,

We have to do something about the point guard position absolutely. There has to be more production there in every category. I hope the team does not have to give up Monroe. I would like to see the Pistons get a point guard with the draft pick if there is a draft pick.

JJ seems to be in position when he plays small forward. He has played one third of his minutes there, and while there at small forward, he has nearly doubled up on the production vs. his opposing small forward. See PER data over at 82games.com

In very sharp contrast, its the opposing power forwards that nearly double up on his production numbers when he plays power forward.

I'm always frustrated when we have players on the roster and don't get to see what they can do, good or bad. The nba season is relatively meaningless, especially when we're in tank position, and there is plenty of time to experiment.

Please, Rondo will never come here. And I wouldn't want him.
This organization is a mess.
This season can't end soon enough.

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I can't decide which comment I like more, so I'll take both.

I'll bet if the Pistons dangled Monroe (s&t) and Jennings for Rondo and Gerald Wallace they'd get some consideration. Rondo's not a great shooter, but at least he knows it, and he's a much better defensive player than Jennings.